MUMBAI: Dish TV, India‘s largest direct-to-home (DTH) operator in terms of subscribers, has entered into a pact to offer Disney movies on-demand.
Extending its strategic partnership with Disney Media Distribution India, Dish TV will now offer Disney‘s portfolio of movies to its subscribers on a pay-per-view basis.
The DTH operator will have access to current and library live-action and animated features. These films will be available to Dish TV subscribers across India in a choice of up to four languages - English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.
Said Dish TV COO Salil Kapoor, "Our alliance with Disney is in line with our goal to offer world class and superior content to our nine million subscribers. We offer the largest number of movies on our platform and it is our constant endeavor to present the latest and best of Hollywood and Bollywood movies.
"There is a huge fan following of Disney movies in India and we are pleased to offer our subscribers healthy and wholesome entertainment. Movie On Demand today has undoubtedly emerged as one of the popular mediums to enjoy movies in the theatre like experience with true digital picture quality ordered at convenience."
The selection of films includes the two latest box-office hits, Alice in Wonderland and Toy Story 3, as well as recent favourites Prince of Persia and The Sorcerer‘s Apprentice.
Over the next few months, viewers can also look forward to enjoying anticipated releases from Disney such as TRON: Legacy and Tangled. In addition, a number of evergreen blockbuster library titles will also be made available to Dish TV subscribers.
Dish TV offers six Movies-On-Demand (MOD) channels that include four premier Hindi on-demand channels offering the latest Bollywood blockbusters, one English movie channel bringing the latest Hollywood blockbusters and one Hindi MOD non-stop channel.
